Ufurnish targets Irish launch and looks to raise £10m

Irish co-founded online furniture sales site is hiring ahead of a local launch before the end of 2021

Mandatory quarantine plan will be major ‘deterrent’ on overseas travel, hoteliers say

Hotel owners say the number of arrivals affected by such a regime is likely to be low

Our top 10 most-read business stories of the year

Coronavirus dominated much of this year’s top 10, even knocking the lead budget article off its usual perch

Dublin won’t be getting all those hotels after all

A year ago they were springing up like daffodils. Covid-19 hit like a dose of Roundup

Covid-19 a likely ‘catalyst’ for Dublin redevelopment

Retail business unlikely to regain prime position in city centre, conference told

Ireland to get more than 2m doses of Pfizer Covid vaccine if approved

Nphet gives breakthrough cautious welcome but stresses further reliable data needed

Saudi Arabia’s Zahid increases stake in Dalata Hotels to almost 10%

Holding is worth €54m based on current market prices

Government finally ‘gets it’ with huge budget package for tourism and hospitality

Hoteliers and restaurateurs say the measures give them a fighting chance of survival

New Ibec president calls for business supports to be maintained

Incoming president notes twin challenges of Covid and Brexit

Silicon Docks: Where the streets have no people

Google walking away from Sorting Office deal a blow for tech and commercial hub ravaged by the pandemic

Ornua’s Róisín Hennerty named ‘Irish Times’ Business Person of the Year

Hennerty is credited with helping Kerrygold exceed €1bn in annual sales

International tourists unlikely to return until March - Dalata boss

Hotel group raising €94m in share placing to capitalise on Covid opportunities

Ufurnish: ‘It’s like Skyscanner, but for furniture’

Wild Geese: Deirdre McGettrick, London

The first seven winners of Business Person of the Month

The winner of The Irish Times Business Person of the Year Award, in association with KPMG, will be announced in early September

Nominees announced for third Irish Times Business Awards

Irish Times Business Awards, in association with KPMG, will be held in September as a virtual event

Dalata trading at 45% discount to property – Jefferies report

Bank gives Irish hotel group a ‘buy’ rating and says investors don’t appreciate its strong balance sheet and UK growth

‘If businesses can be kept alive they can grow again’

Top 1000: With the country suddenly mired in the worst recession in living memory, what do companies need to survive the pandemic?

Tough times for tourism trade as it absorbs coronavirus shock

Top 1000: Few industries have suffered the blow of Covid-19 as much as travel

The ‘new normal’ in Dalata Hotels will include face masks

Strict protocols on lift usage will be one of the reopening measures at Dalata

European shares hobbled by record recession forecast

Commission predicts euro-zone economy will contract by record 7.7 per cent this year

Dalata hopes hotels will be able to reopen ahead of July target

Hotel group has shuttered 29 of 44 properties and laid off two-thirds of staff temporarily

Shares up at Dalata despite tumbling revenues

Covid-19 knocks almost 25% off revenues from Dublin hotel rooms in first quarter

Davy tunes in as new sponsor of Irish Times business podcast

Leading Irish wealth manager to sponsor Inside Business as part of three-year partnership

Who owns private hospitals behind State’s €115m-a-month deal?

Denis O’Brien and Larry Goodman are prominent among investors in the sector

Fintan O'Toole: A preventable tragedy is unfolding in care homes

It is not too late but the Government must act now to save care workers

Coronavirus: How the Covid-19 crisis may reshape air travel

Amid the easing of some restrictions, airline industry faces continued turbulence

The Irish Times view on a tourism sector in crisis: Counting the cost of Covid-19

Goodbye leprechaun economics, hello another grim milestone

Analysis: Evidence to support hopes of swift bounce back for economy fast diminishing

Irish Times business awards to be hosted in early September

Awards ceremony originally due to be held on May 13th to take place at Mansion House

Tourism chiefs devising plan for The Gathering part 2 to reboot sector

Fáilte Ireland examining proposal to rerun 2013 event to boost tourism after Covid-19

Expect lockdown restrictions until September, says Dalata hotels chief

Hotelier Pat McCann tells Irish Times podcast group can survive 2020 with no revenue

Death knell for dividends as firms try to save cash amid Covid-19 crisis

Slew of Dublin-listed companies scrap multimillion-euro dividend payment plans

State’s largest hotel group makes sweeping changes to mitigate impact of Covid-19

Dalata has pulled shareholder dividend and renegotiated with lenders amid outbreak

Covid-19 wreaks havoc on markets as authorities struggle to keep up

Up to 30,000 job losses expected in Ireland’s tourism sector amid fears of global recession

Coronavirus: Shares in Dalata at five year low as bookings are hit

Ireland’s biggest hotel operator dealing with marked deterioration over past fortnight

The Irish Times launches third annual business awards

Business Person of the Year and other category winners to be announced at May event

Hospitality industry hoping it isn’t afflicted by US coronavirus fears

No cases in State yet but illness has already landed high-profile economic blows here

Hotel group Dalata considers European expansion

Revenue and earnings up as businesses perform well despite tougher Irish market

Sean Quinn explored involvement in Slieve Russell Hotel

Renewed interest in Cavan hotel coincided with bid to buy back building materials firm

The Irish Times Business Person of the Month: Pat McCann

Dalata’s pretax profit increased to €42.2 million in six-month period

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